Central Christian

This is a “mock-up” of what it COULD look like! (This not the FINAL look-just a draft!) Our hope is to completely “gut” the kitchen and put new plumbing in to make the facility more of a “Commercial Grade” unit! Bigger ovens, new stove hood, industrial fridge, and increasing the size of the Island! We WILL keep the “roll up” kitchen windows for serving. We are planning new flooring, walls, and lighting in the KidZone area…as well as make some changes to the Transition Walls. We have had a lot of input on the new things: We will not get EVERY new thing on the planet for this remodel…but LOTS of new things! We may not do it exactly the way YOU would do it…but what is being done is for the BEST GOOD!

All of this is to ENHANCE our ministry areas here at Central! KidZone serves 50-75 kids per week, and we want them to have a good experience there! Our Kitchen is used often on multiple occasions to serve for Funeral meals, “Soup & Soul”, “Bacon Brothers” and even meal preparation for banquets! We have struggled with some issues there for quite a while and our Pastoral Board believes NOW is the time to upgrade. This will cause some INCONVENIENCE for short periods of time! Please be patient and be SUPPORTIVE of this work…because it is meant to serve and encourage as many as we possibly can! LOTS OF PRAYER AND PLANNING have gone into this and we are making the BEST plan we can do to serve our needs now and in the coming years!

We want to be a Church that is REACHING OUT as much as we possibly can! This is a short-term INTERNALLY FOCUSED project…so that we can CONTINUE to reach out and serve as many as God brings to us!

And because of your FAITHFUL GIVING, as well as generous contributions, we ARE NOT BORROWING MONEY for this project!!! We believe we have enough set aside for this, and that God will bring whatever we might need to complete this remodel through His Providence!

Please keep praying for our MANY ministries here at Central! And may HE GET THE GLORY for anything good that we do here!          
Shalom Alachiem – Don!

Financial Peace University, 5:30 pm, tonight! (Oct 11)
If you’ve ever felt like you just can’t get in control of your money, you’re not alone. You’d be surprised how many people you know are struggling just like you. But it’s time for your struggle to end—starting today. Join Gowan and Caitlin’s Financial Peace University class at 223 S Avenue K starting at 5:30 pm, on Wednesday, October 11, and learn how you can pay off debt, save more money, and build wealth.
Visit https://www.fpu.com/CEB967 to sign up!

3rd Annual Fall Festival, Saturday!

Hey Central Fam!  Mark your calendars for our 3rd Annual Fall Festival!
🍁 October 14th from 3-6 pm.
We will have games, bounce house, face painting, food and more!! If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer.

There will be NO SATURDAY NIGHT SERVICE on OCT 14!
Come on out to the Fall Festival and join us for fun and fellowship at the Partin’s place (528 Rogers Road, Portales).

COMING SUNDAY, Oct 15

October is
Clergy Appreciation Month!

Central is blessed with great leaders with BIG hearts.  Please pray for them and reach out this month to remind them how valuable they are to YOU!

Let Me Be Frank –
²⁶ Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south^[a] to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place.
Acts 8:26

Hope comes from unexpected places.

Marea’s friend gave her a flower bulb with no explanation other than she should plant it.  She did, but she doesn’t remember doing that.  In fact, she planted it in the rock.  Granted, our whole front yard is xeriscaped.  No clear markings so no regular watering.  Drought tolerant plants are a blessing for us because they can handle the elements.

This is a desert place.   I read that passage in Acts and immediately knew what the writer was trying to invoke.  Nothing for miles.  No visible water.  Sand blowing across the landscape because there’s no windbreak in sight.  The angel of the Lord told Phillip to head out to the middle of nowhere with no instruction.  Hope comes from unexpected places.

A few months after we planted the bulb (we forgot we had planted) a single stem sprouted up.  We were amazed…  It was beautiful reminder of hope in the desert.  I remember deciding to take a picture of it the next day for documentation.  After all, what’s another picture when you have over 13,000 in your photo library (it’s a process).

The next day it was trampled.  Most likely, someone had walked through the yard on the way to somewhere else and stepped on it.  It was pretty fragile; it wouldn’t have taken much.  That’s the way it goes, I guess.

God is faithful.  When life is hard, He’s still good.  When you’re in the desert, He’s there too.  He doesn’t abandon you.  Hope comes from unexpected places.

This is a pic of our flower today.  It’s called a red spider lily.  There are more stems, and the blooms are stunning.  We didn’t even know they were there… a sweet reminder of His Presence in desert places.

I can’t wait to share more about the story of Phillip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (last weekend in Oct), but for now just know that God is moving in ways you don’t see.  As you pray, ask Him for just a glimpse of His glory.  It may just come in the form of a beautiful flower or unexpected visit.

Don’t put God in a box of your creation.  He’s so much bigger than that.  When I think of the Lord in this current season the first idea that comes to mind is “more than able” and that brings me hope.

Hope comes from unexpected places.

Soli Deo Gloria!
F –

We stand with Israel.  Please pray for peace, security, courage, and strength.

 ¹I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
² My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 121:1-2

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Central Christian Church

1528 South Main

Portales, New Mexico 88130

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